Most
coaster fans look at their favorite parks, then move on.
But it's interesting to
track each park over time to see the change in attendance results based on the
ride added. The attendance results come out in June for
the previous year. That's why we're looking at last year.
Click on any link and the RCDB page will appear, then back to return here.

2018 - (Ratatouille Attraction in
France Pavilion Construction, Gardians of the Galaxy Construction)2019 -
(Reflections of Earth to end, new night time show to replace it)2021 -
(Guardians Of The Galaxy Coaster)
Nothing for 2017 but the big announcements which came out at the D23 expo in July of 2017.

2018 - (Toy Story Land opened in the Summer, Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Construction,
Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway Construction)2019 - (Star Wars Galaxy's
Edge Opens Late Fall, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway Construction)
Construction walls and dead ends everywhere, yet people are still visiting.
Updates I see on Youtube show walls with people taking pictures in
front of them.
Will Universal Orlando catch this park before Star Wars opens?
We'll see next year as the construction seems like it will never end. Huge
crowds for the new Toy Story land.

Cedar Point (CP)1870 - Park Opened
in 1870 as a Beer Garden and Bathing Beach1960 - 1,000,000 (reached 1 million for
the first time)1965 - 2,000,000 (reached 2 million for the first time)
1975 - 3,000,000 (reached 3 million for the first time)1976 - 3,065,000 (New
Record, Corkscrew Opened)1977 - 2,868,000 (Witches Wheel)

They need the free beer samples back, and to get rid of animals that refuse to
be domesticated by humans. This goes for the Busch parks as
well. For the 2017 number, this drops the park 4 positions into the
19th spot.
This doesn't look good for the Sea World Entertainment parks as we are watching
them free fall out of the top 20. They need a corporate
sponsor, an American craft brewery, and to get rid of the orcas now.

2,780,000
(+3.0%) (Tempesto)
2016 - (Brauhaus Craft Beer Room and New Show)2017 - (InvadR)2018 -
(Battle of Eire)2019 - (Finnegan's Flyer S&S Swing)
Dropped out of the top 20 for 2016. Once again, bring back the
free beer samples with a local American Craft Brewery.
Boycott all In-Bev brands.

(Thunderbird)2016
- (Wooden Coaster Rehab, New Element)2017 - (Firecracker Calypso Flat Ride,
Voyage/Raven Re-Tracking)2018 - (Kiddie Water Slides and Wave Pool, Voyage
Re-Tracking)2019 - (Santa's Merry Marketplace, revamp of Kringle's
restaurant)Anyone have the missing HW
attendance figures? I have HW and KK on this list to compare their
attendance stats as KK comes back to life.

Kentucky Kingdom (KK)1987 - Park
Opened May 23rd, 1987
1998 - 1,300,000 (Ed Hart Sells to Premier Parks)2014 - 600,000 (Reopens
under Ed Hart after 5 year closure, Lightning Racer)2015 - 600,000 (T3, Cyclos,
Enterprise, Water Attractions)2016 - 800,000 (Storm Chaser)2017 -
850,000 (Larson Looper, Thunder Run Rehab New Train)2018 - (Scream Xtreme Zamperla
Endeavour)2019 - (Kentucky Flyer, The Gravity Group)The goal of this park is to get back to 1 million visitors.
In a 2017 article, Ed Hart mentioned 600k visitors were local, while 250k
visitors were from out of state, boosting the tourism and hospitality industry. RMC conversion of Twisted Twins for 2016, In June of 2016 I went
there and rode it.
This is the type of coaster that makes my bucket list.
Cedar Fair and Six Flags, you are not allowed to buy this park when the
attendance reaches 1.3 million again, because either company will drive it into
the ground. I hope Ed Hart does not sell out this time.
Who is more important, a few greedy CEOs claiming they know what's best, or 1.3
million people who visit? If you look at the fate of Geauga Lake in this
article, you'll see the decisions made by a few CEOs are not always correct.
http://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20140824/28153/lost-geauga-lake-how-worlds-largest-six-flags-disappeared

If anyone has the missing attendance figures for HW and the SF parks,
please e-mail me.

59 parks in the USA. I've been to 49.
Definately helps to have a Bucket List going.
I wish AECOM would list attendance figures for the top 50 USA parks instead of
20.

If you visit these parks, you'll go on the best steel coasters on the planet. You
can complete "The List" for Steel or Wood USA by following the list
below.
Click each link for the RCDB page with more info, then back to return here.

*
Parks I have not visited. Number after each park is how many
Steel Coasters are in my Bucket List.

Speaking about In-Bev and the Busch Parks up above, do not
drink In-Bev products (Budweiser, SAB Miller, Shock Top, Goose IPA). Drink your local craft brews. This is another example where the CEOs made a
horrible decision to steal a company by using a hostile take over.
Sorry In-Bev, you are no longer American and that matters.
One CEO made a decision to take a family run company from the USA in a hostile
take over and American's don't forget. In-Bev is trying to have a
monopoly by buying up the competetion. But look at what they
did to the Busch parks. No more free beer samples, spun off the
parks to Blackstone. Please Boycott any In-Bev beer brands and
buy your local IPAs. I've compiled a good list,
click each link to see the Beer Advocate web page, which is like the RCDB.
If you drink the beers below (in no particular order), you will be drinking some
of the best beers on the planet.

The latest trick by In-Bev is to buy these companies
without anyone knowing. The web site of each company has no mention
of In-Bev. The owners claim it's to reach more people.
But the word eventually gets out and there are news reports of the owners
selling out to the dark side. Too bad.
To each one of these companies that sold out, you are no longer craft beer.
You are part of a foreign company that no longer cares about the "craft" but only
about "profits." In fact, if you read reports about Goose IPA,
you'll find it is no longer brewed locally, but in a national facility, where
they have changed the formula (use less ingredients).
You sold out, you lost, end of story.

Many of the
In-Bev brands I've just
listed are still sold in the "craft" section of the beer isle. I
think they should be moved to the "Budweiser" section where no one buys that
crap and they get less shelf space. It's no longer a "craft"
beer but a foreign brand that is NOT AMERICAN.
The In-Bev brands are crap and I won't buy them. They usually
have 5% or less ABV, and their scores on Beer Advocate are poor. It's
funny to read the reviews on the BA site.
Pay the extra money and support your local American breweries.

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